A greater prairie chicken eyes its competition during an early morning lek. It was an unforgettable experience to trek across a dry marsh before dawn and see these rarities at first light.
Wintering sandhill cranes gather to feed and socialize on a harvested corn field in late afternoon at the Bosque del Apache NWR. While not as gregarious as snowgeese, socializing such as seen here is an important part of their daily lives. I liked the light from the setting sun, and the chaos and dust created by the cranes for a pleasing scene.
A pale-billed woodpecker, the closest living relative of the legendary ivory-billed woodpecker, looks around for a feeding site in a forest in central Belize. Bird photography in a rain-forest is a challenging endeavor because of the low light which reduces shutter speed.
